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GOL*RICH, ONTARIO -I -THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2601:19i0
WITH THE AIR FORCE
NIINCTIeSECOND XEAR. IsTO. 39
HURON'S GREAT CONTRIBUTION
TO CANADA'S WAR EFFORT
XI/en Will Train at Sky Harbor
to „Britain Win
the Mr IOWA :
farelehet .tts 1925 GerMartY 'wee
training pilots for its attempted air..
kreig o Londoe aild the' Britiels Ieles,
eSetnadron 'Leader Ai. 4. SOYeaeur,
A,F., told a large audience at*Meae-
SSeteng 'Park on-ISunday Atternoon. ;He
said that in 1925 •Geimany etarted
organizing ivfl tiying clubs as a eneaps
of defeating the +provisions a the Vete'
Sallies Treaty, 'WWI its significance
swas erealized.the idea 13Pread to+ Enge
land, then to •Canada
lowwith the .restult that today a great
number 'who, are fighting .tliesky battles,
over Britain and Europe received their
iniUal,training at .civilian-QPerat
airports. - •
" Major Seyenour, vvho is ,president of
_ 'the •FlYing_Clubs Association of Canada,
was brought to ,,Goderich by .the Huron
County Flying Training School;
Limited, ,in furtherance of ite eampaign,
now in ,progrees, to have the +people ef
Huron. County invest 435,000 in the
ebanpany to '.previdessworking
The ,Project -Explained \
Major ISeyin,our, who went .fully into
the details of operation of an aleport.
-such, as ISkYstaarberesaittethat itshad
been proved. by ,expetienee both..ln•Eng-
ltted and In Canada thethe elell
management of elementary schools •was
best bath in ,pbintecif efficiency and, of
feConorny. -The;$35,000 working capital,
it was explained, was *needed .to.hridge
*.%.,the .carry-over '.between the time of
expenditure outlay and the time of
- rev-enee-reCeipts from the Government,
front which, all LrevertUe came. It was
Patriotic ,gesture to subscribe,.
„the :•investor •meanwhile receiving ade-•
nate reture for the Use o hs money,
* the speaker Said. • „
At present there are eight elementary
.schcielS -operating under the Common:
wealth .Air Training PIan in Canada.
Six xnoe, including* 'Sky 'Harbor, would
heopened in ',October, and when the
plan was tomrileted 'there would e be
tWenty-three of these elementary train-
ing schools in eperatkin, each tureing
out twenty-four pilots every month, or
- well over 'six thatisand -a- Year, _
L. E. Cardiff, M.P.
If it were not for the grand 'struggle -
which the It AF is putting up against
great odds 'the Beitish Ilim,pire would
- today he In .a Sorry ,plight,bsaid 14 E.
Cardiff, *M,P.,„ -.emphasizing •the.need:for
the training Of more and more air pilots
tio sen(loverseas. Enron ,COunty could
make ;no more praetical contribution
to pie Winning of the War thari by pro.;
Tiding faeilities for this training, said
the M.P. `Wee atow•the•Mother Country
was waiting for these pibots and it was
theduty of al loyal ',Canadians to see•
to it that he did .not wait in vain,
'The Field 'Manager '
ltr-‘;1;tougla.s.;:,..Whalk- ap-
pointed field -manager et *Sky °Harbor,
was introdueee 'to the audience and
spoke briefly. Be said he came -to
Goderich with a feeling of great good
Will and brought greetings from the
Kitchener -Waterloo •Cltib, With whieh
• he has beep assoeiated.
•
Mut Risk to Win ,
J. D. Thomas eentinded the atidience
thht those who are not prepared to,tislt
anything in this gigarttlesstruggle may
, lose everything. Ile',peinted to the
present plight, of France, where millions
have been eubjeeted to a life worse than
slavery because of the eelfislineg s of
French people before and tinting the
I IIIIR011 COUNTY SENDS
T. $10,001:11102,11ED CR,043$
e.
Among' the first idtnsatione to be re-
eeived by the !Ontario division Of the
,Canadian Red Crows, at. campaign head-
quarterat Toronto, was a e1teq4e for
$10,000 from the Comity of IluriM, This
money was veted ,at the June 'eessien
but was reserved, for the present drive.
The theque wtte forwarded on Satur-
doy,last staassto help get the:Provincial
campaign away to a IlYing etart:t'
war, lir. Thomas .reviewed shortly the
history a Hurt* teountY ;Co- show that
it had alWays TaUked high in lightipg
valor -and would agate_ be t0Mid in the
_trent ranks. ae said that isletorY was
being Made in Huron county today,
for, if thee had yeller !seen a Sky
Harbor there ,never would have been
A Port Albert airport.
No BoOns for Defeatism
Warning ' against. the .adoption of a
tlewneast ,attitude and ,,lack of .confi-
-'-dence in thisetime-of eseed, -Rev,
Gellaglier, of Wingham, urged Can,
adieus to week LIS the whole situation
.clepended on .themselves., There " WAS
,tdttce for neutrals, in the Christian
c.world in o streggle a the present na-
ture, far Christianity was at stake, and
Britons were placing dependence on the
Divine guldink hand to esethe struggle
through to victory. 'There is only one
.totalitaria.n power in this World, and
that it. God," warned the ,.reverend
gentleman. * .
A Patriotic Investment
Flying Officer J. M.Roberts, R.C.A.F.,
expreseed,, „thee coneletioe that • Britain,
would win .thin war because , she was
*fighting for a just cause -and ,had
.Christianity as an. ally. stressed
that aninvestment in Sky Ilarbor,
Which he had helped in nurshig along
through several - years of trials and
'tribulation, must not •be looked apon AS
a "commercial venture, hist a:s it -patriotic
movement. Sky Herber-was...a worth-
while,project and a •sniall investment in
it as. a good inyesbnieut even if not
financially proetable. • For if Britain
.lest Jthe war Br.itieli. Subjects would
lose eVerYthinge-e-all that is worth living
„for. Be ,predicted that Sky ,Haebor
*Mild bcarry1ng�n long nfter" theTseak
was over. • .
r A Grand...Opportunity,
Cant. Dr. Cargill, medieal offieer with
the R.C.A.F. at Landon and for ..yeg's
associated With the London
Club, said. that he knew from experience
that the PeoPle-of Huron County were
not being -asked to sup,port.p...wild goose ot
affair, but were being given a grand
o lerteuitY.,:tcemakefihe .most praetical
contribution possible. to -0-anad'a'S7:Witir
efecutt. s •
.Watden•Georee Feagati acted as
ehairmais- of the meeting, which was
held in a bush clearing, whet was once
the sports field of MeneSetung Park.
lust across. the road in full view was
Sky Harbor 'airport -ea reminder- -to
old-timers that s new and strange day
had- dawned: The weather 'was per-
fect for an outdoor "gatherleg, The
meeting woe well organized: ,,aled an
augmented ,staff of traffic, officers hand-
led the big crowd in splendid fashion.
Clinton ,pipe bend and *Brussels brasS'
band provided Arcade. ,
Work at Airport
Nearing Completion
Persistent Rain Interferes with
:Outdoor Operations
Anotbei Contract
It hasstahaedtseacatilkatedattateliftiftSf
fourteen, ao4 work at both airports in
Hum *eotinty has Wen ea' brick, par-
,
ticularly, the gravelling and pavIng
operations at Port Albert', die 'work
having been haw Pr as long as three
days at a Stretch. ,
However, the airdrome, at Sky Hai-
bor ia rapidly takiug on the aPpeerance,
pf. the finisheaamduet and construe -
tit** cart:, he Said to the-
homteetch. This week „the Arm.
strong Cetnitany of Brampton, builders
of the landing field, were given con-
tracts for the laying of the water and
.sewerage systems and the paving of
the roadways 1i the beilding-atee, The
-Temovaletef twenty-five.acree of bush for
clearances 'Was still In the air," it was
stated yesterday. -
Another ;sign of finishing tou,ches is
the erection of the regdlation six-foot
fence, with steel posts, enclosing the
-banding -area,- apart from the.-airpert-
,proper. Flee of ,the .eight buildings are
practically completed and painted, red
roofs with greenish -grey sideSeand
apple-greetrtrierptmters-tvill-have
finished the interiors in a few days.
Thegarage whicb was blown down in
last Saturday morning's storm is again
xeady for its -roof and the • work of
„raising the trusses for the big hangar
will , be started this week, The order
has eone' out that all carpentry work Is
to be'finished by October Oth, QxUy .the
comPletion 'teethe concrete machiee gets
butts - has been hampered" by the
weather.
e-Ansteouncement was Made 'froth Ot-
tawa .this week of the awarding to the
-HoWard„Furnace Co.; of Toronto, of th
contract for tile various heating system
totalling .$13,300. Last week :another.
heating eontract of $4,700 was awarded.
• At Nit Albert
The second of four big hangars to be
erected at -Poet Albert is. tiaie• week xie-
ing in the. air. These "are the largeSt
and most .pretentious ,buildings at the
big airport; The big steel drill hall is.
„medically closedin and work onneaely
a score , of the smaller buildings has
reached the stage where men are em-
ployed at inside work, unshanspered by
Weather conditions. .
All ,gravel has now been laid on the
runways and ,paving has started. on the
Ithiriit1!intt� theSee The 'gravel
trucks' aee now pouring their loadttoest
the taxi * strips whieh connect • the
hangars with ..the runways; that this
work is more or less et the mereqf
the 'weatherman. It is inipossible to,
roll either the crushed gravel or the
surfacing material when it is wet, ,Oii
.11anday of this week it had (tried. up
sufficiently to permit .the eestimpticin
peving, Wark, bet Tuesday's and Wed*-•
nesday---raitaagainefereeeletheTiPPliPae'
tion ofbrakes.
iieep Sky Harbor Airport
under Huron County Control
So that every munielPality In the
County of Huron may share in -the
control of Sky-llarbore WerdeneGterge
reagan„ has iseued the following
k statement: ; es,
, -Soon -after d landing field was's esteb-
lished north 'of Saltfordein*tbe County
et °Huron A pageant was held tteraise
funds for the ereetton of a hangar. .At
that tittle the few citizena„ who had
endorsed the projeet had no assurance
that the people• of this 'County would
support 'aviation. To the suprise of
everyene, men, vvonfen 'and children to
the estimated urenVer of over forty
thousand from all over the County
throaged the open fields and roadways.
Sposial Once had to be called in order
to control traffie Some sixty planes
took part in the pageant, coming twin
the United States and 'from every flying
club in the Province of Ontario e' This
publicity ettraeted the 310.tiCe of offiteals
of Civil Aviation in Ottawa and a repro-
sentatioh Was enade to the Departinent
of Transport" of the Federal Govern-
ment, The 'Minister assured the dole-
` gates, after he hadonade a personal in-
apection and bed° sent a number of ex-
perts to make a tompiete report, that
* Sky Harbor provided natural facilities
for 04 airport, but thatbefore Govern-
ment assistance eould be granted the
land. would have to be le the name of a
municipality. It wes then thet Huron
County endorsed the project and level-
led some ef the runway& Shortly
after the outbreak of war, the Govetn-
ment wired our Coupe% asking them
it they would be prepared to eonalder
Sky Harbor as a training field for Um-
pire defenee. A- special ineeting ef
CouncillVas tallied and our reply to that
telegram was that the County of Ilpron
would purchase the field end 'plate it
at the disposal of Ilie Majesty the Xing.
This patriotie gesture, won the admit-
ation of the +Government and, might /
add, patriotie organizations from
coast to coast, and much' publteity was
given to our County by the press of
Canada.
At that time vve had no knowledge
or intimation 58 to What' method the
4(4 overnntent would use in earrying for-
ward their operation of the field, but
nesunaed 'that it would be condueted
by the Department of Aviation with
ownsperseenel. ,Und+ereeteXteitish
Opmmenwealth Air Training Plan.,
these various Tying -fields are divided
-into categories and Sky Herber was
sig,nated as* an_ iElementary,Flytng
School for the" trahting of pilots and to
be operated by,a civitian company, fol-
lowing a plan that had been in operation
In Greet Britain Mr three years prior
to -the presenewar, The details ofethis
plan have already appeared ie some of
out . newspapers and further,. inform-
ation will beaeailable.
$35,000 in eAsh is to 'be raited for the
formetion of thisiCompany and it is our
plan
to maintain the contrel and
identity' of Sky Harbor within Huron
County. There are -24 municipalities in.
nuron •and we have :allotted 0500 to
each on of them, ifieorder to make
,available to all citil the opportunity
of eweing' stock in t eir 'owe airport.
ror, this reason, „shares are being dis,
tributed at10 dollars each 'With each
ten shares of preferred stock one share
of comMoit is given ttea bonus.
This is an ,opportunity for yote to
keep contrel .of Sky Harbor within. our
own County of Iluron, to subseribe to A
patriotic venture in helping win the
war, and to.make what la considered by
business men a sauna investment, yield-
ing 5,y6 on preferred shares and eloping
distributed amongst the common shares.
No. County In Canada has Made a more
patriotic gesture in connection avvith
aviation than we have, and, by this
token, there is no question that had it
not been for our fatereet In Sky Harbor,
the Pert Albert Navigation School
'would neva have come into existence,
This Is an 00 acre tract of , ground
on which facilities are being erected to
the exteat of approximately one million
and a half dollars. We will int-Ve in
this County.some 1,400 men for training
and instraetion. These young ascii will
come from all over the Dominion and
Huron welcomes them. Your individual
investment need not be large, but Ati
Warden of the 1CotintY 1 uPPeal, to you
to supply the, eapital from every town,
village' and township, north, east and
south, that Ilttronie 'eontrol, of aviation
mey remain in this County for the
duration of"tlae war and as a foundation
from Welt to 'Wild a might si industry
in the day e to follsoW the final victory.
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED
Mr. en.d.. Mrs. II. J. Sutherland, St,
Marys, Ont., announce the engagement
of their daughter, Hildajean, to.George
Douglas Thompson, son of Mr. and lies.
G.A. T.hempsoos, St. Marys, the wedding
to take place on October 14 at St.
James' church, St. Mare's.,
- Mr. and MTS. Prank J. Picot, °Med=
Dale Farm, (Goderich township, *an
nounee the engagement of their eldest
daughter, Verna Evelyn, to' Mr. Murray
Samuel Pollock, of 'Clinton, eldest son
of Mr, and 'Mrs. 'Samuel Polloelt, of
Fillmore, Saskatchewan,the "Wedding
to. take plaee eaelysin '4:),ctobeas
SEPTEMBER, !DAY
Come*, sit by theeire and watch the glow,
For the noTth wind' leehe.s the land;
And the angry surf is churned to a
froth. . .
As it °roars on the ropky strand.
September wind:how .it .shrielts in the•
., field ' --
And batters the corntop's plume -
4h, gone is the perfuthe of flower and
Shrub . ; • .".
. And blasted the marigold'bloom: •
Nay, come with me to the 'top of the
bank •• " • • • •
And watch the 'scudding cloud,
The squall Ofeleet and the angry murk,
'For the wind iplping loud. •
f, I
RED cgoss ..REPORT
•The branCh of the loettl •Ited
Cress Soeiety has-. touted over to the
-work committee the substantial sum .of
$123.50; to • be' used for clothing for
etacuated a 'children. During' ' JOY,
August and Septentb`er intlivitittal mem-
bers ' entertained at teae' and bridge
parties, the; score.e being.terned in at
the close With the following as prize-
winners: MISS 0. Tichborne, Mrs. Geo.
MadEwan and lire, Geo. Mathieson.
Emergency Cali ' -
Word hae been received of the urgent
need of 00,000 garments for men,,
women and ehildren for refngee,s *ahd
eviteueete in Britain., Ontario Division
has been asked to make, 250,000 artieles
of clothing within the next two mouths.
In erdet to divide up the work as satis-
factorily as possible, Toronto head-
quarters has deckled to give each
branch a quota, ,Goderich branch being
allotted the following:
wseneneenressing Owns, size 14-40;
nightgown% size 18-50; socke, eize 1
year -40; Coats, size 40-30; elm 14-10;
SiZe 38410; SkiftS, SiZe 14-40;
pitilovers. size 14-40; slips, eize 08-25,
Meneallndervvear,,- sive 12 year8-20;
mitts., 0 years -10; Windbreakers, size
10 years -30.
Red Cress work rooms will( be open
Tuesdays and Thuradays from 2 to 5
P.10. Sewers are urgently needed , to
help the women's work tamamittee con-
plete thte quota Within the two months
Period,
, CIRCULATION eif
Canvassers Out in
Red Cross Campaign, 1
Everybody Is Asked to Do His I '(.310erich need not tativ hae'k seat,
Bit Objective for pet° at.ittioNoitgiouroa ai&t, judging aturyomoththecr
, GOdefieb, $6,000 basket of this delicioue fruit that eente
iyi uorseaosati;nssi te, The iiigual-Star, ee ou MondaY
from thegardene.of Crown Attortitty-D.
iif:tafitcealnliosvt:lisaesenidr:tet$,,urtbeassrttta'sentiottiltiliti:CmaXin°beaztiaaannY -411to'il......'"1"Irket,ras the.eet:iTeflexiasoevileferet$ 8vali:LW"e:1141.13rige*
iargtst rted" owe eeen 011
com joust oil btheefocreaulvOttso'seelroseta4 attomied.the fruit market this` fall. They are
round, of uniform size and of excellent
flavor, AS the etaff of The bland -Star
ean attest. Two and a -half bushelS
,were, plucked from the sante tree- front
which the newspaper sample cameo a
'WAVY yield. The Prewli Attorney le
of' the opinion that peacheS, properly
--looked-after" tan, be, urolitabikogtetw4
enywitere along the lake shore front
LUSCIOUS PEACHES
ARE #01/1E.GROW/I
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_
BERT IHICRINS
Son of Town Cotincillor and Mrs., J. E.
IIuckine, who is training for 'radio
service with the air force. -Bert was
14 thetradiet class at the Galt aircraft
School,. being one,' of those who vl
unteered for service vvith the R.A.,V,
Nithen the Canadian 'Government called
fog_. radio _operators at ;the- request of
Great Britain- These operators will
go into ethe n,c.,A,P. and later he
absorbed by the ,R.A.F„ , Bert has been
taking further ing,tatiefient at *Brandon,
Man., and .has now been transferred
, to calgary, Altat
a meeting at headquarters on the
tiquAre on the previous Friday evening,
when. 'final inkruetionss were received
from campaign offieials. It was pointed
out that it wOuld li Oecessary ttoeellect
everageoefo$5, per :faintly, _Ile the.
town' if the ob'ective Of '$0,000 Was to
'be secured. Irst reperts indicated
reattetainee. president et, a Hays of real thing to back op ,hie tontention.
wee Godetieh sonth. Ile has produced 'the
that this average was being PrettY
the -local 'braneh of. the Soeiety reports That:Ike"
that there is a marked demand -for the
publishing of at list of lames,of all sub- EARLY MORNING ARRESTS
scribers, together with the amounts -of 1, —
their donations, after the completion of All-night /Search for Pair Charged with
the -campaign. This is being taken 'Attempted Robbery
A eubduedeeigarette cough, emanat-
ing from an'osttbuilding in the east sec-
tion of . Goderich, early on. Saturday
morning 'led to the arrests of. Caswell
Hackett and James Drennan, of 'Ash. -
field, township, on charges of attempted
obbeakio_sam
. The arrests were made just before
daybreak, juet when an - oall-night
Search by Constables Oldfield, Ruther-
ford and Jennings was about to be
given up. Only -Constable Jennings, re-
litaitted when the tell-tale epugh, was
heard.- turned- and made straight
for the smallbuilding. He kicked in
the door and there were the two men
he- was looking for, He .ifandeuffed
them together arid marched them afoot
to jail.
Shortly after mianiglit Friday ,police
received et .eall from the farm of Wil-
under consideration bv the executive;
Headquarters for the drive ere
loc,ated in the, store on the f'quare
Othied by Mrall. J. -*Sutherlandand are
decorated with a wide sign across the
top of the store and a nine -toot thee-,
eefteeints+
from day to day. This has attracted a
great deal of attentiofl and interest,
many people' stopping to find the latest
-figures, The windows of headquarters
are filled with examples ,of the work
done by local ladies under the leader-,
ship of Mrs H 0. ,Dunlop. Woollen
goods ,sucla as socks, scarves, svaeaters,
etc„ fill one window, while the other
contains samples of bandages,aellreVal
dressings, hospital; gowns and *many
other items, all products- of the skillful
eeedles of the women. of. Gederich.
How Money Is Used.
4%1:milli ATDRILL
QinekiS '4it "0, company* Busy Four
Nights!a Week
Nights are being' well taken up for
.the Staff of MO" Company, MiddlesexHuron ,Itegimeet; with four 'Mitts of
the week given ever to thetrainingof
the Zotipany.
The large Gialerfelt group of over 180
irten has been s,pliteip into tKvo groups,
one to receive training, an Thursday
evenings and the other on Friday eyee-
ings. They train es one.group on Tues-
day nights and .the staff journey to Clin-
ton on slionday evenings to drill the
Clietonotaiemb.ers of "0" Comilah.Y.
Results of army ;promotion examM-
atione, written in London recently., Were
announced in mnlitia orders for this
diStriet last Frideystmd included in the
list was thename Of J. F. A. Calder, pi
"0"; 001111411Y; who, qualified for the
rank of 'lleuteuant aloag , with -four
other Misidlesex-HurOn junior officers.
Previously 2nd. Lieut. ,Calder had ,held
the rank, of "aeting 'Lieutenant."
Capt. P. F. iCarey is now at Tharaes
Valley camp, Loudon, with the fourth
mllitia eam,p and is acting as quatter-
enasteree •
Major A. F. Sturdy, eergeint George
Curren, .Corporal Neil Thompson and
Pte. Cari,,Ande.rson were hoine over the
--"WS'ekeetter ftein. "Catliegeeleightseewheee
they have been taking courses pre-
paratory to filling positions on the staff
at military training qqarterS No. 11,
Woodetoek; which will instruct 'trainees,
from this district under the_national
military *aiming plan.
The men will move to -Woodstock 'next
Alonday to prepaze for the opening of
the first training. period on October -9th,
3,Iany Red Cross products already liam Meyer, near Sheppardton. They
. hare...been put to actual use' 10 _the were ,eteatettaattoyeapietetatteeet beartutt
bombed city of London. After the first, the barn. :When *police arrived the
violent air reid had levelled homeesand Then were ii6Where to be seen.* The
factories there, the _director of reliefi barn door/ was open .end there were
called on the Canadian -flied •Cross awl other indicetions, the `barn had been
at one0, quantities., of ICattasilan 1tel entered. An 'automobile, -unoceupied,
Cross supplies were 011 their way fro was parked on the ioad in front of the
Wareh.ouses to the stricken districts. 'Meyer farm. A long *di ance telephone
It is prol'table that blankets, warm call to Toronto eoou Jitonght the in-
elothing and hospital supplies donated formation that the ca lotged to Cas -
or Made right here in Csoderich were Well Hackett and the seereh took the
among those supplied. , ' , officers ta the home of a friend of Mee
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At present the local ladies are en- nail's in Goderlch; where the arrests
gaged in filling: ae urgent order from were eventually„effected•
England for vvonien's wearing things, Later on Saturday Hackett was ads
especially nightgowne „end, dresees, I mieted to ,$500. bail peoeitied, by his
is to buy the materials for all of these mother. DretimianIs still in jail. - The
article so urgently required by these pair, familiar to police, will appear for
whonile defending Cantel1atts'e4 ,far trial taday"
ftom 0'nada that the Money is beingi
Colleeted this week. DONATIONS TO SHELTER.
The campaignwill continue until
October 5th, although it is hoped. that if Donations to iChildren's.Shelter since
ay, , S ,'
will be possible to flnish most of it this Jnuar1940afollowsare grate-
fully acknowledged : Mr. Wm. Dickson,
people
u4Tairkee plyr braebsipeont that
t omf oseis t o oft
Port 'Albert, turnips, apples.; • Mrs;
the work. will be finishedePefereeneg..slierry Lednor,sesPort---Albeeeseemeate
en•Seentirtts theee*Areetboseew„ ht” patilOeSt-
aaked canvassers to come at the end of
the moeth.
A pleasing feature of the campaige
to date is the receipt, without solicita-
turnips ; Knox chureh. Y.P.S., valen-
tines;-
Mr: Clarence 'Morels, -skates,
shoes, aster candy; Mr. 3..3, McEwee,
ly, dozen bananas; Mr. H. Blackstone,
tion, of contribefions.from fernier nerade- toy% rolls.; St *Peter'e YOUnc, People,
rich people now living in the United sendwiehes ; Mr. IT; II: Hock14, 1 gal.
States. Mr. -Wm. Christian, of De- maple syrup; Mr. D. Morris; turnips,
Ytro°rikt', -baontdh hlailvses an
sejleitsubT:tamtitiaolf dNoneaw- paranips, . onions, bulbss mushrooms ;
apples, corn ; Mr. H. T. Edwards, fish,
ENLISTED tions with which to start off the drive. .W. Roope, lawn meiwer repaired ;
The team captains a"s announced by Mr. J. II: Rvin, apPlee; Mee. HarveY
D. E. Campbell, campaign mattager, are Trelettven, ehild's clothes ; Mrs. Bert
Two .more Godericli young Men; 'Bill McWhinney; maple syrup; Knox church
McInnis and Bill Tit -omit -son, have been assf&lowge „Subdivision No. 1, Howard
MeNee; No. 2, Stanley Prevett ; No. 8, garden social, biscuits, )es e Presby
-
accepted at the R.C.A.F. air training Clarence Robertson; No. • 4, Fred teritte and '4 United churches; Carlow,
school nt Galt. Both- boys reported to
the ,school for medical examination last
week'and were declaxed medically fit
and allowed to come heme for their
eltirney ; No. a,, Hare poed, , equatiwiches, cake ; Saltforcl S;S. pienie,
• Frank Saunders; No. 7, ,Douglasisandwiehes, tomatoes ; Miss Beth Tay-
lor, dolls, dell carriage, toys; Mr. Lloyd
Holman; pears ; Mrs., Geo. Bowra,
apples, -peare ; Bisset Bros., .ice eteam;
Miss Florence McKay, apples; Mrs. L.
° Parsons, clothes; Mr. Wm; Proctor,
pears ;"Miss Whitely, pears ;Mr; Bown,
tomatoes.
uNTER AGAINST COUNTY
Gordon efulvev, Robert Inglis and
M
Gordon undell., of Howlek,i_i have 'ene
tered elalekeegainst the County of
Huron for unstated. damages as the re-
sult of an% accident west of Belmore,
on Monday, Septeniber 9th. They claim
the road has nbt been nrt
iaietaied in
proper manner.. The County has Insur-
ance to cover such eases. All three men
were injured and the -ear was badly
smashed when ,it struck a tree. —
Meoney; No. 8, Hkin
Harvey ErseerNo. 9,
IV
personal belongings on ,Saturday. Tiles rN0.:.A1.1C
1,om,i1Nth,uorsptw; kNeo;,i,120i6,n
:ieist: Hill ;
rjiest
are among the second class of three Geeeee. se •
hundred young men 'who have been .
• ,
.enrolled at fhe Galt school. Hitherto
treinedeateone thaw at Galt, but the " •
echool has been expanded to accom-
medete A class of six hundred: Three
otber -G-oderich, boys, Rex Duckworth,
Bill ' Ilogga-r•thesande-41ine sto,$gr—were-
called ep ',in the first class, two we
ago, makitg five Goderich boys tral ing
as aircraftemen at Galt „at •the lpresent
time:
If13-1t1L'itelleTrsenPs°anhdISs
takingg'
his elase in three moist
the Royal ICanastian
be the third sono
Thompson, Quebec
the active service.
t ts
only ,, three hundred boys have be.en HIS IilIDAY TODAY
ecessfel in
actuates with
s' Aline to join
ir Force, he will
and-SfrS.- 7Nelii
street, to enlist in
e brother, Donald,
Is in England With the Essex Scottish
Regiment, tied another rother, Nell, Is
at present taking a corpeeetes course at
Carling 'Heights, London, and will go'
to Woodstoelcon the staff', which will
'train „young men frons thee district
under the Malonei training l'elan.
Hector Kingswell and 11111 4t3el1, the
fOrrIler A Colborne tqVVIIShip y011ig mali
and the letter from Goderleh, have'
begun welding courses at the It.C..A.F,
air training school, Galt, .
Willard Legg„ son of Mr. anal eir.s.
Thoinee Legg, has been accepted as ate
accountant in the administration de.,
partnient of the Royal Canadian Air
Force. Virillard, left on Wednesday
,morning to report to the, Manning Pool,
Toronto.
Robert McManus, son of 'Mr. and
Mrs. Clif. MeManus, applied' tit Toronto
Ni.,',e(ineoday for aceeptance into the
dentul corps of -
. BASS FISHING GOOD
Black bees fishing has been unusually
good at the harbor and 14 the mouth of.
the Nittitland River' this month.. „Local
anglers have caught three, four ,and
five ia a few hours, from boats, ,but it
refrained for Reeve 11. il..ashbrook of
Itodney, last year Warden of Ifigha
County t and his friend, A. Ma '
soen of
Dutton, to set A mark at whichto
shoot foi some time. Casting off the
breakwater on 'Saturday ' last they
pulled in eitalif, ,Ate fish averaging well
over three poue`to. The landing net
had to be used for 1,toet of them. Reeve
Lashbrook is editor of The Itodney Sun.
Ile lute been fishing *t (troderieli on tn1
ot for over fifty years.
EIGHTY-EIGHT YkAIIS YOUNG,.
'Mr, 4.1eutniler -Young, a the 8th
coneession pf Colborne township, is
today celebrating', the eighty-eighth an-
niversary of his birthday, having been
liven in:the same township on Septeme
la 20th, 1852. Mrs- "toting -Is , well
kit wit throughout the entity, having
beeiS. prominent in muuleipal and church
Alfa rs during-, a long eareer.Ilis
friends wish him eontinued health and
eornfi rt *as he begine his eighty-ninth
year.
THE WEATHER
The temperatures for the past week
and for \the eorresponding week last
year, as \officially reCorded, were as
follows:
1040 ' 1030
Min. Max. Min.
10,.'2 51. ,07 42
-.80 63 07 - 47
-.75 02 (14 42
-.70 62 70 43
-.72 48 07 52
-07 4768 30
Wed., Kept. 23' 42 03 47
The rainfall from Tuesday, Septem.
her 10th, to 'W-etinesklay, September
Thum., Sept.
Sept. 2
Sat., 'Sept. 2
Sun., 'Sept.- 22
Mon., Sept. 23
Tues., Sept, 24
25th, inelusive, tv 0.0 Inches.
IAT THE WATERFRONT .
ard of Trade
Backs Airport Plan
Fixot Stock Certificate to Go to
Stratford 'Itoard as
Goodwill, Gesture
Ao a good -neighbor geodure towards
the Bekaa of Trade of the City ot
Stratford, the first otoelt eertificate t•
be lofted by the ItUron 'Couuty
1,Arain1ng School 'wiil be presented to
that Board at the expense of the Gode.
rich Hoard:of Trade. Title was agreed
upon at Monday night'S meeting of the
Board in recognition of Stratford's
aseitetance in vonnectiou vvith the %Ital.).
ik?-huitatt'or Sky-Uarhotaiirpera send ---
that eity's eb.oPeratton in itite tourist
traffic' advertising in whieb. Goderielt
ead, Stratford each gave the other 4.
certain amount of space in their liter-
ature.
_row •ropues received by the seete-
Cary of the Goderiela Board it was
learned. that Hamilton had Wilt
hundreds of houses' under the Dominiou
Ileueing Plan; that Kitchener as a
municipality had not adopted the Phan'
but ,13$ building ,Perzitits had been
issued within' the last fevi week, that
(trait had 'constructed 225' houses, nearly
all under the Deminien Housing Plan,
aWle 1etter7freffiaZitiiiloh-PiaetiqUe-
building Operations in London and
trict sinee .the plan was organized at,
"nearly a million."
-The ..likyort Plan
-)1onday's meeting wan yelled to eon-
sider what* steps, if any, the Board
was , prepared to take towards aselitte
ing, in the Sale of tb.e Stock of the 'Huron
County` Flying Trainiog School. Limited,
Reeve Robert*E„'Turner„ at the re-
quest of Mr; G. W.. Schaefer, the pre-
sident, outlined the details in ',comets-
tibn with The ,sale of the stock up 1» the '
present, and thanked thea -Board of
Trade, •for the assistanee whichit had
-met different' aoccaeionstegtVen Ur- tbess
County !Council. It is now necessary
for the residentb .of this -County to
eetige $8.;')',000 so that theradministration
of the training schoeI Mar:re•maie
this county" he said
if we -hadn't established !Sky Harbor
airporti,we wouldn't have,the airport at: .
Port Albert," • aecording to Mr. J,
.Thomas, ehairthan or the 'finatielal ad-
visory board, The $35,000 most be
available by October 14th" he, said,
but the zero 'hour Will be some days
before that" "Sky Harbor airport must
be operate/a by an organized elubt and
Use -there' was not ,oue. 'here e two/.
Kitchener Men :were prepared to Put in
the eequired .$30,000 and *assume' con -
trot. After the anthorities at Ottawa
had been interviewed, it waSa arranged
to -give the people of Hurour st.t. least
an opportunity to subseribe for thg-
stock and it `was a patriotic Investment ,
thatdeserved general support. 'With
shares at $10 each they were within the -;
reach a nearly everyone in the ceunty,
..untiannietiiito-orseindivialusie -
would ,be allowed to get control. In
the meantime nobody ituew how the
stackwas going to beereeelved, but he
hoped each person would subscribe for
as much as he was capable of investing.
.On the suggestion of Mr. Thomas the
Board of Trade will subscribe foe :One
share of the stock and present --it to the,
Stratford Boatd . of Trade .as a good-
will. gesture. . •
After 'the War • '
'Replying to a query by Mayor Mae-. .
E4an, Mr. Thomas stated that after the .
war the company would "be:dissolved
and there was every poesibility that the
4riginal investment would be returned,
with five per cent. dleidend on the pre-
ferred,*aed the earningion the eommon';*
In the mealtime, -the Government would '
send $23,000 per month to the echools
atifsthesnemey eomeetroni- the-outifide,-.
it will disappeaewith the peoplefrom
the outslde, and we will be left with
a barren field, but if We raise the money
within the county, it Will be carried on ,
as a commercial airport together with -
the airport at Port Albert." '
"Who will ewie the buildings?" asked ,
Mr- IL „We Blackstone.
4 "They' will belong to the -Government,
• hseet will likeat be sold, to the • Flyine
Club et a nontinalprice.,, The staff win
number about ninety and no charge
will :b,e- made against the students who
will be there for seven weeks' special ine
struction. If you people would read
your Signal -Star more, carefully,, yott •
Would understand more about thie pro-
position, facetiously ' commented Mr%
Thomas, ,
The Board endorsed, the propositioe
and appointed it cominittee • composed.
of J. ,W. Fraser, Iteeve 11 E. Turner,
'Nelson Hill and C. C. Lee to, assist in
the sa4.e.'"of the etoek. -
"etenvassers will be asked to conene
theft' lefrorta as nearly as possible to
their ewn munielpalities to prevent
overlapPing, and I want the People, fe,
leitev those men who are giving' theft
lime and energy to this ,propoSition are
doing it,without Pars there fs no ten
or fifteen per cent. belie; Paid to any
Person. This is a,,eoonty enterprise and
deserves our best efforts," remarked
Mr. leug•h Hill as* the Meeting ad-
journed.
THAT NARROW lilt:MOB
AT BAYPIELD
The fall run of perch has begun off
this port aud local fishermen are laying
thele nets with increasing euccess, al-
thoegh-to date no reary large hauls
have been made, Bert MacDonald's
ferry business from „the piers to the
breakwaters is picking up as • anglers
he.ar the 11eWS. of tile h
e, run. ;Te. pas,
epring was a Poor one foraperch fishing,
but local commercial fishermen are
helms that the rue will Make up
for the poor luck they had then.
The- etre Vendee Cleared, bight; an
Friday . afternoon after discharging
204,000 bus:, of corn at the elevators.
She headed back up the lake. The
Ontadoc arrived last Thursday evening
from Fort William with, 75,705 bus. of
oats an4t132,003 bus. of wheat for- the
elevator and cleared, light, on.Saturday
evening for' Fort'William.
The str, Algorail cattle in from Fort
William on 'alathrday evening. with 182,-
470 ba. of wheat for the elevator and
eleaped, light, early Monday morning
for Fort William.
The tanker Aeatlialite wee in earl
my
Monday morning from -Sarnia with
gasoline for ,the Imperial Oil !Company.
She° cleered just before 'loon Monday,
back to Sarnia. • • '
The Lethbridge arrived from Mon-
treal early this (Thursday) meriting
and took- on 125 tons a salt. -Sire
cleared shortly after noon for Montreal.
oThe A. A. Hudson came in from Fort
William at 10X10 and began. loading
200 tons of ,$lalt. She will clear this
(Thursday) cirog tor Vert driterg esCAPeot Vt'ith a Pbakille 11111.
•
.Tthere are just a few inehes to spare -
and it can be done, ,htii seldom ,i'sAt
tempted, said Traffic Officer James etilp;
referring to the possibility of two auto.
mobiles passing' eafely, ett the nerrovr
bridge over the .11aefield Itiver juet
noath of the village;.
'Maurice Masse of Dryedale and. John
vre,Leod of Ilayfield tried the OW
lest weekend. -failed mit**
ably, With rather disastrous result.
Maests, driving north, WAS within a ear
length of leaving the bridge when Me-
airiviog south, entertel on the
bridge. Them Was A virtial heari-oat
collisiou. The Meese. eer, eald Troth:
'Officer \Culp, had eome to a halt, witb
brakes on. It wee driven hat* throe
feet by the impett, The two ear* mow
damaged twthe Ctfent. altr 4WD